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- The Luton News and Bedfordshire Advertiser, Thursday, 26 July 1934
Loss To Banking World
Death of Mr. Bromhead Bassett
Mr. Theodore Bromhead Bassett, who had been connected with local banking affairs all his life, and who was a great-grandson of Mr. John Dollins Bassett, the founder of Bassett?s Bank at Leighton Buzzard in 1812, passed away on Tuesday morning at ?The Hatch?, heath-road, Leighton Buzzard, in his sixtieth year.
Mr. Bassett had been in failing health for some time, and this prevented him from carrying out his duties on the Luton Local Board of Barclays Bank, Ltd, and those appertaining to other appointments which he held. He was one of seven sons of Mr. Frederick Bassett, who had a seat on the London Board of Directors until his death in 1912. Four brothers survived Mr. Bromhead Bassett. Mr. Frederick Bassett built ?The Knolls,? Leighton Buzzard, and later lived at ?The Heath.? The founder of the bank, Mr. John Dollin Bassett lived at ?The Cedars,? now the Cedars School, and was one of the leading Quakers of his day.
In 1854, the name of the bank became Bassett, Son and Harris, and this title remained unchanged until the amalgamation with Barclays Bank in 1896. Mr. Bromhead Bassett became a local director in 1898, and when the Leighton Buzzard District became part of the enlarged Luton District in 1921, he became a member of the Luton Local Board. The local head office had been transferred from St. Albans to Luton in 1917, in view of the rapidly increasing size and importance of the town, and then Leighton Buzzard was added to the Luton District in 1921, the Hitchin District was also added.
Mr. Bromhead Bassett led a quiet and reserved life, and was seldom in the public eye, but before the war he often sat as a magistrate for Leighton Buzzard and Linslade, and followed the Whaddon Chase foxhounds. He married a sister of Mr. Percy Lovett, who was the Hunt Secretary for many years. Mr. Bassett?s geniality made him a host of friends, and he was a generous supporter of many deserving causes.
In addition to being a magistrate for two counties, Mr. Bassett was a director and the chairman of the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, Ltd., a director of the Leighton Buzzard Gas Company, and treasurer for the Leighton Buzzard urban District Council and the Leighton Buzzard Nursing Association.
He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.
The funeral takes place at noon to-day at Heath Cemetery.
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Abt 1875 - 1934 (59 years)